Ball-bearing.



H. HESS. BALL BEARING. lwmowmfi FILED mm: 25, 1909.

"Patented Aug 16, 1910.

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1W; the put-pom 0i my im "eiiiiun an im pmw, upon this; wnsii'imtmn by the pzu'ziviaiimn. A iirimiizs Ways in @iwiiwi mism ig mam EET'IiOl vizirci'i iiiia in HS N0 suppmru mid -35 m uciiiiian to radial imii, in ii mmmei' 110i; PUSSiiGiI-E in a bearing Wiiiam the"; bail paths are not Weii defined, and whem in the swam; 0i end. pressui'e i ii are 015 such. diameter not in permit "he immmissiml of the tiii'usi, imm imih kiwi: iiimiim m" Miiiii:

u Wiii with himi pasitinn are iDCZWZQd in msing memim's in the iJiKuiiE liinuiher iamimre of advantage inmivimi in this mimiga- 1mm is the mipiibiiiiy 0i coupimi with Him wmpmci; pmrmiiimiit chm'aicinai iii the bailing; when ismmbied. min, Hm ii'aai m. wm va mm mm inmi'mipfi by iiiiing awnings, and hECmi-flfl wi ieam'm iim bails ubiii'uctimi in their pmiiifi iieieming to the drawing: Figure '1 i Biliifl /iQ'W of ii bearing ambw riying my imv W m, cewmin 0i 211M aris iming whammy, in (110mm liming-Fig, Q is iiimmvwsfi @iwiimn of the bearing; and Fig; 3 i ii simiiim View iiiciimiiing the nmihod' of M35! miviage.

iTiw Tmmiin g" 'c'amprisiss in iiiner [swing mmibm? A aimi an miter raising member B, @ach :ioi'meii'wiilh plum y mi imciics m wmya miipismiiwely m, 65 mm; b, b, Whwein im mm G, U Mia mounted and flpfil'fatfl, Um vi the casing flM-mliivflis, in ihia 3mm MMWB time cuter mm: B, is canii, 23 which sentient; xiii? m-iifi miflfigfi many big canned/sci izug eihww iiiv my \diwfiired imnner, M3 by the Fsiemm 39. iii; ii; iii Fm nailed that the; tracks 01* Ways fur time hfibifiiri' an, a" in the mambei' A and 6?, b in whim mwmher B, we 380th 0i ihem inimeci M5 grammars whinii' was imyond mid lwjiwi my ii'm (10mm; iijne's 0i iile bails with the impsective casing members.- it is 111150 in be muted. iimi iii-mama tracks 11* Wm througimui exientzii'euninieri'upied 9y breaks such wmuid 0mm? ii 0 eningswere mnpiuymi for ihe imimew'iuctwn vi the balls iimrein, and that bemuse of this iui'ma-iion iiw bails imvei without obstruction and are unimpecieci in their course; and :iui'tiwr, that Maximise iii the groowm-liks formatiom of the midis 0r WWS, they honstitute Well deiimci :E'cwi" iim haiis, fiiiidi are thus able 0i imilsmiiiing imei'ai pressure in ad itioan in meiiiii imiii.

in my pmieimd fibrin 0i construction, as shumi ii tim drawing, in one (if the casing miemiiiai-s, ms .fmi' insimriw the inner member A, H118 iiicicim 04; gmoves a, a are c0mindy-Wei cimp, s0 i0 @ubsmntiaiiy em mime-1 iiie imiis iiimugimui; their extent. Also i111 the emmpie shown, the outer (33 5- iilg; memimi' B, is formed at opposite sides 0f Hm iiwsim Oi. ways 35, b with immraii y pmjeciing si'iouiders 4E, 4& which in @lSEGHl new proximity T. and 3 of the inner i0 iim oppesed. shnuiders "member A. in order to facilitate the :is-

run Family and Wiiiwiii iii? cylindrical portion 2, between the tracks or ways a, a of the member Av out, however, 5, 5, are not tangentially arranged with regard to the balls 0, (l, biit extend from the It is pointed 1'0 inner extremity of the con'iparatii'ely shallow grooves I), I). The sections 6, b, of the casing member B are thus formed with the shallow grooves and the cylindrical extensions therefrom, as above described, for

the purpose of permitting the ready assem- This will be apparent blage of the parts. from Fig. 3, wherein the section?) is shown as about to be passed over the balls C, which are then located in the groove a of the mem- 20,be1i-\. Notwithstanding the slightly greater dianietric dimensions of the series of balls C, when located in the groove a, the section b may nevertheless be forced thereover into assembled position, or until it abuts against the section 6 this forcing operation being permitted by the natural elasticity and resiliency of the materials employed. After the cylindrical portion 5 of the section 6 passes over and beyond the balls C, the latter take their proper positions in the groove 6 and the temporarily displaced cylindrical portion springs into its normal and as scinbled position, as shown in Fig. The section 7/ is, of course, similarly assembled by forcing it over the balls U.

'As previously stated the assembled bearing is not only capable of supporting radial load in the ordinary manner, but because ot its peculiar construction is i lso well adapted 40 to take lateral thrust as well; and moreover,

be :ause of the resiliency of the material, when once assembled in the manner described, the several parts are not liable to become displaced. 1f desired, however, an

additional securing means, such as the sleeve I) may be applied to the united sections as shown in Fig. 2. v

I have herein shown and described a preferred form of the embodiment of my invention, but obviously many changes and altcr- V V p 5 transmit lateral thrust in both diriaitions.

ations may be made therein without departure from its spirit, and generally speaking I desire it to be undcrstoiid that I do not limit niyself'to any specific form or arrange- .35 nient of parts, except. in so far as such limitations are embodied in the claims. Thus for instance instead of springing or iorciug that. these cylindrical portions fluted so as to permit its passage over the balls and their introduction into the groove therein. These and other well known equivalents will suggest tllOll'lSQlVQS to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described my invention, it: construction and mode of operation, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters latent of the United States is as follows:

1. In a ball bearing, the combination of easing members each formed with a plurality of uninterrupted grooves constituting defined paths and adapted to engage the balls therein at both sides thereof, and a corresponding plurality of series of balls located therein. one of the casing members comprising a plurality of sections, cooperatively disposed to transmit lateral thrust; and the edges of certain of the grooves and the contiguous portions of the casing members being so reduced as to permit the assemblage of the parts and the passage of the balls into the grooves; whereby the engagement of the balls in the grooves holds the several parts 01' the b airing togcthc f, and alsoservcs to transmit lateral thrust in both directions.

2. In a ball bearing, the combination of casing members each formed with a plurality ol uninterrupted grooves constituting dclined paths and adapted to engage the balls therein at both sides thereof, and a. corresponding plurality of series of balls located therein, the grooves in one of the easing members being con'iparatively deep and the grooves in the other casing men'iber being coni jiaratirely shallow, and one of the casing members comprising a plurality of sections so that the several parts may be forced into assembled position; the said sections being cooperatively disposed to trans mit thrust; whereby the engagement of the balls in the grooves holds the several parts 0]. the bearing together. and also serves to 111 testimony whereof l have allixcd my signature in presence of two witne es.

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